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  1. 1. n. A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. join or attach with or as if with glue Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. be fixed as if by glue Source: wordnet
  6. 6. A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. -- Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. -- Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). -- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. -- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding. To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak. Source: webster
  7. 7. A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jellythe skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, itbecomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for unitingsubstances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscoussubstances. Bee glue. See under Bee.-- Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins andbladders; isinglass.-- Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax).-- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acidoralcohol.-- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac,used in shipbuilding. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:48/n:52 n. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive v. join or attach with or as if with glue v. be fixed as if by glue Source: ecdict

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